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Volume CXVI, Number 8
University of Southern California
Thursday, September 12, 1991
SCliiMCti
& MEDICINE
Medication works best if directions are followed
By Linda Sellers
Staff Writer
When all else fails, follow the directions — especially when it comes to taking medication.
There is more to taking medicine than just swallowing pills.
It's an old story — take them with water, take them with milk at bedtime or every six hours. Anyone who has taken any kind of medication has seen these instructions.
Dr. Robert Holbrook, a university pharmacist, said great care is in order when taking prescription drugs.
First check what people in the medical field call the "5-Rights” of taking medication. These include:
• The type of medication
• The amount of medication
• The time medication should be taken
• How medication should be taken (orally, injected, suppository, etc.)
• The medication is used only by the person for which it is prescribed.
It is important to take medication as ordered and finish all medication as prescribed. Most prescriptions are to be taken until the bottle is empty, Holbrook said.
But topical ointments for skin irritation, eye drops, cold medications and pain relievers are sometimes taken as needed.
Bacterial growth doubles every 20 minutes. When a patient stops taking medication because he or she feels better, the attack on bacteria is interrupted, Holbrook said. The bacteria will continue to grow and a relapse may occur.
For best birth control results, medication should be taken at the same time every day. The hormone estrogen must remain at optimum levels to reduce the risk of pregnancy and / or decrease menstral cramps.
Some ways to aid the absorbtion of medication are described in the directions on the label. These directions may suggest to take the medicine with food or an 8-ounce glass of water.
Time can also be a factor in taking medication. For example, penicillin should be taken one hour before or two hours after meals. Another common antibiotic, tetracycline, requires that you avoid dairy products.
Motrin, a common anti-inflamma tory pain reliver used for menstrual cramps and other problems, is best taken with food.
If a prescribed antibiotic does not bring relief within three to four days, go back to the doctor. Different medications work differently on various bacteria. You may have a different bacteria than originally thought, or you
(See Doctor, page 3) I
Lawsuits hit USC
Plaintiff alleges security threats
By Gabor Komaromy
Staff Writer
A lawsuit filed by a student against USC charges University Security with false imprisonment and wrongful termination, according to court documents.
The suit also alleges that the student, 22-year-old Morris DeMayo, was beaten by unknown assailants in the parking lot of Embassy Residential College because he took actions to prevent a rape.
In the suit, DeMayo claims to have overheard, in August of 1990, three university football players plotting to rape a 22-year-old university student.
The athletes — named in the suit as Michael Jones, Willie McGinest and Jason Oliver — had been charged with sexual battery in connection with an assault on the same woman in Pardee tower.
All three athletes have since been acquitted.
(See Lawsuit, page 19)
Jury said student’s rights not violated
By Robert Moran
Staff Writer
Jurors ruled against a university student last month in his bid to prove that Los Angeles Police Department officers falsely arrested him in connection with a November 1990 beating incident.
In less than an hour, a federal jury decided that student Joshua Kline's civil rights had not been violated by LAPD officers.
According to police, Kline, 21, was arrested Jan. 9 after witnesses allegedly identified him as one of possibly four or five men who beat Patrick Tooley, a 22-year-old university student, outside the 901 Club.
The district attorney's office declined to prosecute Kline, the son of a former university professor and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Mark Johnstone, another ATO member whose mother is an administrative assistant at the university, also was arrested, but not charged in connection with the Tooley beating.
University officials never formally investigated the beating of Tooley, who required several hours of surgery to reconstruct the bones in his face following the beating.
Kline filed a federal lawsuit in March against various city officials and LAPD, particularly arresting detectives Bill Pavelic and David Rosenberg. The complaint, alleging violation of Kline's civil rights, asked for $20 million in damages.
Stephen Yagman, Kline's attorney, argued that the police did not have probable cause to arrest Kline, who later presented alibi witnesses saying he was at locations other than the 901 Club on the night of the attack, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.
However, the witnesses' testimony, provided by Kline's friends, was inconsistent, according to Deputy City Attorney Carole J. Miller.
Yagman also argued that the officers felt pressured to make an arrest because the victim was the son of then-
Police Commissioner Reva Tooley. ....
' (See Kline, page 2)
Suit calls officials on sex crimes cover ups
By Oscar C. Villalon
Staff Writer
Information regarding a reported sexual assault at Pardee Tower last year was allegedly supressed by the university, according to a lawsuit which points to a "pattern" of alleged coverups involving athletes charged with sexual crimes.
The lawsuit was filed by Morris DeMayo, a senior majoring in public administration, on Aug. 22.
The suit stated that while DeMayo was working at University Escort Services, an alleged incident he reported to security about three football players threatening to rape a graduate student and possibly kill her was ignored because "USC football players were involved."
The suit names athletes Willie McGinest, Michael Jones and Jason Oliver as the players DeMayo overheard in a campus gym. All three athletes were charged with sexual battery in the Pardee Tower incident and had not yet been cleared when De-(See Cover, page 19)
Student fears for homeland
Left U. S. S. R. as coup erupted
By Ray Delgado
Staff Writer
Slowly, the tanks made their way around the protestors toward the Russian Parliament building, awaiting orders whether or not to open fire.
For Nadya Bodanskaya, a Soviet citizen who is a doctoral candidate in Slavic Languages at the university, the scene was terrifying.
Yet she — and many Soviet citizens — had been expecting such a situation to occur.
Bodanskaya, 26, had lived in Moscow all of her life with her parents and her eight-year-old son.
She is uncertain what the future holds for her homeland.
"Anything can happen," Bodanskaya said. "I'm not too optimistic. The coup made positive changes, but I'm not sure the democrats can handle the changes for a long period of time. I'm afraid the hard-
liners will form a successful coup and take over."
Bodanskaya said she and nearly all of the Soviet citizens have been greatly dissatisfied with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership.
SOVIET
She believes that if the changes the people demand do not come quickly enough from new democratic leaders, the people will then turn to the hard-liners. This, she fears, will throw the country back into the Dark Ages.
Bodanskaya constantly relives the horror she felt on the day the coup occurred.
"All of the normal television news stations and programs were shut off completely, forcing people to go to foreign radio broadcasts for any information," she said.
"There was a rush to buy up all of the last democratic and foreign newspapers in fear that all free communication would shut down," she said.
What Bodanskaya feared most was that she would lose her opportunity to study at the university.
For Bodanskaya, it is now time to start guessing at the future of the Soviet Union, as well as her own future in her homeland.
For the time being, she plans to return home for the holidays to visit her family, but she is afraid she will not be able to return to the United States.
Bodanskaya looks forward to the day when the Soviet people are content with their lives, a day she does not forsee in her future.
(See Abroad, page 3)

Browse the L.A. shopping guide
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C
page 20
Song girls misrepresent USC / 5
D
Volleyball team pleases Love / 24
trojan
Volume CXVI, Number 8
University of Southern California
Thursday, September 12, 1991
SCliiMCti
& MEDICINE
Medication works best if directions are followed
By Linda Sellers
Staff Writer
When all else fails, follow the directions — especially when it comes to taking medication.
There is more to taking medicine than just swallowing pills.
It's an old story — take them with water, take them with milk at bedtime or every six hours. Anyone who has taken any kind of medication has seen these instructions.
Dr. Robert Holbrook, a university pharmacist, said great care is in order when taking prescription drugs.
First check what people in the medical field call the "5-Rights” of taking medication. These include:
• The type of medication
• The amount of medication
• The time medication should be taken
• How medication should be taken (orally, injected, suppository, etc.)
• The medication is used only by the person for which it is prescribed.
It is important to take medication as ordered and finish all medication as prescribed. Most prescriptions are to be taken until the bottle is empty, Holbrook said.
But topical ointments for skin irritation, eye drops, cold medications and pain relievers are sometimes taken as needed.
Bacterial growth doubles every 20 minutes. When a patient stops taking medication because he or she feels better, the attack on bacteria is interrupted, Holbrook said. The bacteria will continue to grow and a relapse may occur.
For best birth control results, medication should be taken at the same time every day. The hormone estrogen must remain at optimum levels to reduce the risk of pregnancy and / or decrease menstral cramps.
Some ways to aid the absorbtion of medication are described in the directions on the label. These directions may suggest to take the medicine with food or an 8-ounce glass of water.
Time can also be a factor in taking medication. For example, penicillin should be taken one hour before or two hours after meals. Another common antibiotic, tetracycline, requires that you avoid dairy products.
Motrin, a common anti-inflamma tory pain reliver used for menstrual cramps and other problems, is best taken with food.
If a prescribed antibiotic does not bring relief within three to four days, go back to the doctor. Different medications work differently on various bacteria. You may have a different bacteria than originally thought, or you
(See Doctor, page 3) I
Lawsuits hit USC
Plaintiff alleges security threats
By Gabor Komaromy
Staff Writer
A lawsuit filed by a student against USC charges University Security with false imprisonment and wrongful termination, according to court documents.
The suit also alleges that the student, 22-year-old Morris DeMayo, was beaten by unknown assailants in the parking lot of Embassy Residential College because he took actions to prevent a rape.
In the suit, DeMayo claims to have overheard, in August of 1990, three university football players plotting to rape a 22-year-old university student.
The athletes — named in the suit as Michael Jones, Willie McGinest and Jason Oliver — had been charged with sexual battery in connection with an assault on the same woman in Pardee tower.
All three athletes have since been acquitted.
(See Lawsuit, page 19)
Jury said student’s rights not violated
By Robert Moran
Staff Writer
Jurors ruled against a university student last month in his bid to prove that Los Angeles Police Department officers falsely arrested him in connection with a November 1990 beating incident.
In less than an hour, a federal jury decided that student Joshua Kline's civil rights had not been violated by LAPD officers.
According to police, Kline, 21, was arrested Jan. 9 after witnesses allegedly identified him as one of possibly four or five men who beat Patrick Tooley, a 22-year-old university student, outside the 901 Club.
The district attorney's office declined to prosecute Kline, the son of a former university professor and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Mark Johnstone, another ATO member whose mother is an administrative assistant at the university, also was arrested, but not charged in connection with the Tooley beating.
University officials never formally investigated the beating of Tooley, who required several hours of surgery to reconstruct the bones in his face following the beating.
Kline filed a federal lawsuit in March against various city officials and LAPD, particularly arresting detectives Bill Pavelic and David Rosenberg. The complaint, alleging violation of Kline's civil rights, asked for $20 million in damages.
Stephen Yagman, Kline's attorney, argued that the police did not have probable cause to arrest Kline, who later presented alibi witnesses saying he was at locations other than the 901 Club on the night of the attack, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.
However, the witnesses' testimony, provided by Kline's friends, was inconsistent, according to Deputy City Attorney Carole J. Miller.
Yagman also argued that the officers felt pressured to make an arrest because the victim was the son of then-
Police Commissioner Reva Tooley. ....
' (See Kline, page 2)
Suit calls officials on sex crimes cover ups
By Oscar C. Villalon
Staff Writer
Information regarding a reported sexual assault at Pardee Tower last year was allegedly supressed by the university, according to a lawsuit which points to a "pattern" of alleged coverups involving athletes charged with sexual crimes.
The lawsuit was filed by Morris DeMayo, a senior majoring in public administration, on Aug. 22.
The suit stated that while DeMayo was working at University Escort Services, an alleged incident he reported to security about three football players threatening to rape a graduate student and possibly kill her was ignored because "USC football players were involved."
The suit names athletes Willie McGinest, Michael Jones and Jason Oliver as the players DeMayo overheard in a campus gym. All three athletes were charged with sexual battery in the Pardee Tower incident and had not yet been cleared when De-(See Cover, page 19)
Student fears for homeland
Left U. S. S. R. as coup erupted
By Ray Delgado
Staff Writer
Slowly, the tanks made their way around the protestors toward the Russian Parliament building, awaiting orders whether or not to open fire.
For Nadya Bodanskaya, a Soviet citizen who is a doctoral candidate in Slavic Languages at the university, the scene was terrifying.
Yet she — and many Soviet citizens — had been expecting such a situation to occur.
Bodanskaya, 26, had lived in Moscow all of her life with her parents and her eight-year-old son.
She is uncertain what the future holds for her homeland.
"Anything can happen," Bodanskaya said. "I'm not too optimistic. The coup made positive changes, but I'm not sure the democrats can handle the changes for a long period of time. I'm afraid the hard-
liners will form a successful coup and take over."
Bodanskaya said she and nearly all of the Soviet citizens have been greatly dissatisfied with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership.
SOVIET
She believes that if the changes the people demand do not come quickly enough from new democratic leaders, the people will then turn to the hard-liners. This, she fears, will throw the country back into the Dark Ages.
Bodanskaya constantly relives the horror she felt on the day the coup occurred.
"All of the normal television news stations and programs were shut off completely, forcing people to go to foreign radio broadcasts for any information," she said.
"There was a rush to buy up all of the last democratic and foreign newspapers in fear that all free communication would shut down," she said.
What Bodanskaya feared most was that she would lose her opportunity to study at the university.
For Bodanskaya, it is now time to start guessing at the future of the Soviet Union, as well as her own future in her homeland.
For the time being, she plans to return home for the holidays to visit her family, but she is afraid she will not be able to return to the United States.
Bodanskaya looks forward to the day when the Soviet people are content with their lives, a day she does not forsee in her future.
(See Abroad, page 3)